8/31/2022

 Reminders: 

All vocabulary definitions are posted on the school's website.

Lit 6 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - nonfiction vocab test. 

Lit 7 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - novel vocab test.

Lit 8 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - short story vocab test. 

8/30/2022

 Reminders: 

All vocabulary definitions are posted on the school's website.

Lit 6 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - nonfiction vocab test. 

Lit 7 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - novel vocab test.

Lit 8 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - short story vocab test. 

8/29/2022

Reminders: 

All vocabulary definitions are posted on the school's website.

Lit 6 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - nonfiction vocab test. 

Lit 7 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - novel vocab test.

Lit 8 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - short story vocab test. 

8/25/22

 Lit 6 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - nonfiction vocab test. See vocab terms below.

Lit 7 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - novel vocab test. See vocab terms below.

Lit 8 - Thursday, Sept. 15 - short story vocab test. See vocab terms below.

Nonfiction Vocabulary

Genre: A group, type, or classification of Literature. (Short Story, Poetry, etc.)

Letter: A written communication from one person to another. In personal letters writer shares information, thoughts, and feelings with one other person.

Journal: A daily account of events and the writer’s thoughts and feelings about those events.

Media accounts: Reports, explanations, opinions, and descriptions written for television, radio, newspapers, and magazines.

Essay: A short piece of nonfiction in which a writer presents a personal view of a topic.

Expository essay: A short, nonfiction piece that explains or gives information about a topic.

Autobiography: The story of a person’s life written by that person. Includes key events of a person’s life and reveals his struggles, values, and ideas.

 

Novel Vocabulary

Genre: A group, type, or classification of Literature. (Novel, Poetry, etc.)

Plot: What happens in a story. Multiple plots and subplots in a novel

Setting: Where the story takes place. Includes description and sensory images. Multiple settings in a novel.

Title: Name of story. Often an important key into the meaning of the story.

Characterization: Drawing of three-dimensional characters including looks, personality, character traits.

Dilemma: A struggle between opposing forces. The conflict can be internal or external. It’s often a problem the protagonist needs to solve or a realization that he needs to have.

Short Story Vocabulary

Protagonist: The main character of the story. Can be one person or a group of people. Always faces a dilemma and present in the climax. Always has some revelation or realization that he needs to have.

Dilemma: A struggle between opposing forces. The conflict can be internal or external. It’s often a problem the protagonist needs to solve or a realization that he needs to have.

Climax: That point in the story where you know that the protagonist has resolved his dilemma. It must be a direct quote from the story. The protagonist must be present in the climax.

Denouement: What happens as a result of the protagonist solving his dilemma. Not every story has one.

Antagonists: Forces upon the Protagonist creating his dilemma. Must have both positive and negative forces or there is no dilemma. They can be a person, thing, situation, or belief.

Theme: A universal truth about people – the things they do, the way they are, that can be applied to your life. Not a dippy moral.

Characterization: A drawing of three-dimensional characters that include looks, personality, character traits. In a short story it needs to be done quickly.

Plot: What happens in a story. Limited in a short story.

Setting: Where the story takes place. Includes description and sensory images.

Title: Name of the story. Often an important key into the meaning of the story.